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Elm Creek, NE hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Elm Creek city centroid, 1950 to present.

111hail events since 1950
82≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
5.00"largest on record · 2002-06-12
2024-07-16most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 11 2.50" (tennis ball)
2022 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 6 1.00" (quarter)
2018 0
2017 8 1.25" (half dollar)
2016 2 1.00" (quarter)
2015 1 0.88" (nickel)
2014 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 6 1.75" (golf ball)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2024-08-26 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.2 mi
2024-07-16 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 8.3 mi
2024-07-16 Hail 1.25" 7.6 mi
2024-07-16 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5.4 mi
2024-07-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 2.8 mi
2024-07-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.5 mi
2024-07-06 Hail 1.75" 9.7 mi
2024-07-06 Hail 1.75" 10 mi
2024-07-06 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 9.8 mi
2024-07-06 Hail 1.75" 4.2 mi

2024-08-26: “A wind gust of 64 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located one mile east of Odessa.”

2024-07-16: “Wind gusts were estimated to be near 75 MPH, and was accompanied by hail as large as half dollars. At least one irrigation pivot was flipped, and severe crop damage was reported.”

2024-07-16: “Wind gusts were estimated to be near 75 MPH, and was accompanied by hail as large as half dollars. At least one irrigation pivot was flipped, and severe crop damage was reported.”

Storm-day records for Elm Creek — “did it hail on this date?”

Each recorded hail day in Elm Creek has its own page with the official NWS reports for that date.

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-07-25